Costa Nova (JPN) Horse
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About
Costa Nova is a 5yo bay horse from Japan trained by Tetsuya Kimura. He is by Lord Kanaloa out of Colorful Blossom. The horse has collected eight wins so far. On 22 Feb 2026 at Tokyo, he earned his biggest victory, taking the $99999999.99 Class 1 prize. He has proven to be a profitable runner for bettors, delivering a 178% return on investment for anyone who backed him throughout his career.
Race Record
| Event Summary | Runner Stats | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Tokyo 22-Feb-26 1600m FIRM R11 CL1 $100,000,000 (of $100,000,000) Barrier 12, Winning Time: 01:35.400, SP: 3.00 1st Costa Nova ( C P Lemaire 128 ) 2nd Wilson Tesoro ( Y Kawada 128 ) 0.50L 3rd W Heart Bond ( R Sakai 123 ) 1.00L See full results | C P Lemaire 58.1kg | 1 (16) |
| Tokyo 15-Nov-25 1600m GOOD R11 CL1 $16,168,000 (of $76,840,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:36.100, SP: 2.50 1st Luxor Cafe ( D Lane 123 ) 2nd Costa Nova ( C P Lemaire 130 ) 3.50L 3rd Bidaaya ( Y Kawada 126 ) 0.00L See full results | C P Lemaire 59kg 3.50L | 2 (16) |
| Urawa 25-Jun-25 1400m HEAVY R11 Sakitama Hai (l) (of $100,000,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:24.600, SP: 2.88 1st Shamal ( H Kawasu 126 ) 2nd Moueix ( A Harita 126 ) 5.00L 3rd Emperor Wakea ( Y Kawada 126 ) 0.20L 11th Costa Nova ( C P Lemaire 126 ) 12.55L See full results | C P Lemaire 57.2kg 12.55L | 11 (12) |
| Funabashi 05-May-25 1600m GOOD R11 Kashiwa Kinen (l) $16,000,000 (of $100,000,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:40.800, SP: 1.44 1st Shamal ( H Kawasu 126 ) 2nd William Barows ( R Sakai 126 ) 0.50L 3rd Costa Nova ( D Lane 126 ) 0.80L See full results | D Lane 57.2kg 0.80L | 3 (10) |
| Tokyo 23-Feb-25 1600m GOOD R11 CL1 $100,000,000 (of $100,000,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:37.900, SP: 3.50 1st Costa Nova ( R King 128 ) 2nd Sunrise Zipangu ( H Miyuki 128 ) 0.75L 3rd Mikki Fight ( K Tosaki 128 ) 1.25L See full results | R King 58.1kg | 1 (16) |
| Tokyo 02-Feb-25 1400m HEAVY R11 CL1 $40,560,000 (of $76,800,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:25.200, SP: 4.00 1st Costa Nova ( T Yokoyama 126 ) 2nd Lord Fons ( K Yokoyama 126 ) 4.00L 3rd Alpha Mom ( R King 121 ) 2.00L See full results | T Yokoyama 57.2kg | 1 (16) |
| Morioka 14-Aug-24 1200m SOFT R12 CL1 (of $52,500,000) Barrier 12, Winning Time: 01:10.400, SP: 2.75 1st Don Frankie ( K Ikezoe 126 ) 2nd Kurojishi Joe ( K Tosaki 119 ) 0.50L 3rd Keiai Dorie ( R Wada 121 ) 2.00L 6th Costa Nova ( C P Lemaire 119 ) 5.50L See full results | C P Lemaire 54kg 5.50L | 6 (13) |
| Tokyo 25-May-24 1400m GOOD R11 Keyaki Stakes (open) $26,655,323 (of $42,309,903) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:23.700, SP: 3.50 1st Costa Nova ( C P Lemaire 126 ) 2nd Emperor Wakea ( Y Kawada 130 ) 1.25L 3rd Bejart ( T P O'shea 126 ) 5.00L | C P Lemaire 57.2kg | 1 (16) |
| Tokyo 04-Feb-24 1600m R10 Hakurei Stakes (allow) $22,377,612 (of $35,520,006) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:36.900, SP: 1.40 1st Costa Nova ( C P Lemaire 128 ) 2nd Exult ( Y Shibata 128 ) 2.50L 3rd El Guerrouj ( M Iwata 128 ) 2.50L | C P Lemaire 58.1kg | 1 (16) |
| Tokyo 26-Nov-23 1600m R10 Applause Sho (allow) $18,893,692 (of $29,990,030) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:39.300, SP: 2.20 1st Costa Nova ( C P Lemaire 126 ) 2nd Daishin Pisces ( K Tosaki 128 ) 1.50L 3rd Accha Ghora ( R Kozaki 126 ) 7.00L | C P Lemaire 57.2kg | 1 (16) |
| Niigata 03-Sep-23 1800m R10 CL $5,979,925 (of $29,899,786) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:53.900, SP: 1.53 1st Taisei Episode ( M Demuro 128 ) 2nd Costa Nova ( C P Lemaire 121 ) 0.50L 3rd Moruchan ( K Miura 117 ) 0.30L See full results | C P Lemaire 54.9kg 0.50L | 2 (15) |
| Tokyo 04-Jun-23 1600m R8 CL $9,576,015 (of $15,200,049) Barrier 12, Winning Time: 01:37.700, SP: 4.33 1st Costa Nova ( C P Lemaire 121 ) 2nd Blazest ( S Ishibashi 121 ) 0.75L 3rd Purple Knight ( T Nishimura 121 ) 3.50L See full results | C P Lemaire 54.9kg | 1 (16) |
| Nakayama 11-Mar-23 1800m R6 Md $6,602,417 (of $10,479,883) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:57.100, SP: 17.00 1st Costa Nova ( M Sugihara 123 ) 2nd Gran Sabana ( Y Kawada 123 ) 5.00L 3rd Success Beiju ( A Sugawara 123 ) 5.00L See full results | M Sugihara 55.8kg | 1 (16) |
| Nakayama 25-Dec-22 1600m R6 Newcomer Race (newc) (of $13,670,194) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:39.400, SP: 10.00 1st Perifania ( T Yokoyama 119 ) 2nd Red Schwert ( M Demuro 121 ) 2.00L 3rd Auspicious Day ( A Tsumura 121 ) 5.00L 11th Costa Nova ( T Marquand 121 ) 7.30L See full results | T Marquand 54.9kg 7.30L | 11 (16) |